On 2/28/18, Banc Of California Inc's 7.000% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4375, payable on 3/15/18. As a percentage of BANC.

Investors in Banc Of California Inc saw new options become available this week, for the October 19th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 240 days until expiration the newly available contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration.

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Banc Of California Inc presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

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Upgrades: CRWS, EGOV, HIFR, MATX, SVVC, TMST
Downgrades: BANC, LMT, TCMD
Initiations: BAS
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The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Banc Of California Inc presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Banc Of California Inc's 8.00% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C were yielding above the 7.5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.00), with shares changing hands as low as $26.07 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.39% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

In trading on Thursday, shares of Banc Of California Inc's 7.375% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.8438), with shares changing hands as low as $26.30 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.38% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel.

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. Banc Of California Inc presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage universe, which suggests it is among the top most "interesting" ideas that merit further research by investors.

Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Banc of California Inc , where a total volume of 13,013 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.3 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 90.2% of BANC's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 1.4 million shares.